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brewery — brew‧er‧y [ˈbruːəri] also brewer noun breweries PLURALFORM [countable] MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATIONS a company that makes and sells beer, or a factory where beer is made: • The company is one of the largest brewer … Financial and business terms

brewery — 1650s (but perhaps from c.1200 as a surname element), from BREW (Cf. brew) (v.) + ERY (Cf. ery). Old English had breawern in this sense (from aern house; see BARN (Cf. barn)). BREWHOUSE (Cf. Brewhouse) was the more common word through 18c … Etymology dictionary

brewery — ► NOUN (pl. breweries) ▪ a place where beer is made commercially … English terms dictionary

Brewery — Kettles in a modern Trappist brewery A brewery is a dedicated building for the making of beer, though beer can be made at home, and has been for much of beer s history. A company which makes beer is called either a brewery or a brewing company.… … Wikipedia

brewery — [[t]bru͟ːəri[/t]] breweries N COUNT A brewery is a place where beer is made. The Muller family have been making specialist beers at their brewery in Munster for 200 years … English dictionary

brewery — UK [ˈbruːərɪ] / US [ˈbruərɪ] noun [countable] Word forms brewery : singular brewery plural breweries 1) a company that makes beer 2) a place where beer is made … English dictionary